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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Artists Learn Art of Business to Brave Tough Economic Times

In the classical performing arts, more and more artists -- ever more highly skilled -- compete for fewer and fewer...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Performing Artists Compete, Move, Adapt in Tough Economy

A new report shows 45 percent of young adults who recently got a college degree are underemployed, and the next...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Treasury Secretary Lew on Long-Term Unemployment, Party Divide on Spending Cuts

In a conversation with economics correspondent Paul Solman, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew addresses jobs and economic growth -- issues paramount...

Key Concepts: Aggregate Demand, Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Business Cycles…

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Grades 9-12

The 411 on College Education

One of the most important financial decisions people make is whether to go to college. The price tag of a...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Division of Labor/Specialization, Market Structures

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: How Fine Print on Your Bills Helps Big Companies in Taking More of Your Money

Cell phone bills are up 30 percent since 2009. So are cable television bills. Big companies are inserting tiny fees...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Business Costs and Revenues, Market Structures…

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Trade, Exchange and Interdependence Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Trade, Exchange and Interdependence. People do not make everything that they and their family...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Benefits of Trade, Credit…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Division of Labor/Specialization Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concepts of Division of Labor and Specialization. The division of labor refers to the practice that...

Key Concepts: Benefits of Trade, Credit, Demand…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Competition and Market Structure Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Competition and Market Structures. In the context of markets, competition refers to the situation...

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Market Structure, Market Structures…

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Supply Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Supply. Supply refers to a relationship between price and the quantity of a good...

Key Concepts: Markets, Markets and Prices, Price Ceilings and Floors…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Markets and Prices Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Markets and Prices. A market refers to a group of buyers and sellers for...

Key Concepts: Business Costs and Revenues, Demand, Market Structure…

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Grades 9-12

Price Ceilings and Floors Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Price Ceilings and Floors. A price ceiling is a legally established maximum price while...

Key Concepts: Demand, Markets, Markets and Prices…

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Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Consumers Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Consumers. Consumers are powerful in a market economy, and the economic choices of consumers...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Demand, Goods and Services…

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Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Demand Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Demand. Demand refers to a relationship between price and the quantity of a good...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Demand, Elasticity of Demand…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Elasticity of Demand Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Elasticity of Demand. Price elasticity of demand is the way of measuring how much...

Key Concepts: Demand, Elasticity of Demand, Incentive

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Income Distribution Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Income Distribution. Income distribution refers to how the total income earned ends up divided...

Key Concepts: Budgeting, Consumers, Income Distribution…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Market Failures Video and Quiz

This video teaches the concept of Market Failures. There are certain well-recognized conditions under which market failure occurs; this means...

Key Concepts: asymmetric information, Externalities, Market Structures…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Benefit Corporations Aim to Make a Profit -- and a Positive Impact REPORT

Seven states have passed legislation officially recognizing companies with a conscience. Called benefit corporations, or B Corps, the firms strive...

Key Concepts: Financial Markets, Investing, Market Structures…

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Grades 9-12

LeBron James, The Cavaliers, and Derived Demand

PBS video author Paul Solman reports that LeBron James has added $200 million in value to the city of Cleveland...

Key Concepts: Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Amid Debt-Ceiling Drama, Interest Rates Have Hardly Followed the Script

On Wall Street, stocks initially rallied Monday on the news of a debt-ceiling deal, but a weak report on manufacturing...

Key Concepts: Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis…

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Grades 9-12

Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: How Would Raising Debt Ceiling Impact U.S. Bond Market?

As part of his series on Making Sen$e of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on how raising the...

Key Concepts: Budget Deficit, Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Credit…

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